Hugh Panaro
Hugh Panaro
#0Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 11:10am
I think Hugh Panaro is an incredible actor and because he keeps doing replacemnets he hasn't been nominated for a Tony. what's up with that, he deserves one. I saw him in both Phantom of the Opera and Sweeney Todd and thought that he is sorta overlooked.
Anyone agree or disagree?
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#1re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 11:11amBesides how talented he is, he is extremely nice to look at.
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#2re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 11:14amI like him very much. Best Phantom I have ever seen. He was in Side Show, though.
pattifan2
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/04
#3re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 11:14amI thought he made a great Gaylord in 'Showboat' - beautiful voice. I didn't know he'd done 'Sweeney Todd'. He played Anthony, I presume? When/where?
#4re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 11:45amThe most amazing Phantom ever. Was he nominated for SideShow? Honestly, I don't remember much about that year.
Mr. Tuttle
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#5re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 12:18pmAt Music Theater of Wichita, they've asked him to play the Phantom in "Phantom" (not the ALW version).
#6re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 12:52pmI agree- Hugh is such an amazing actor!
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#7re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 1:10pm
He has a nice ass 
Er.... and was once married to a friend of mine....
I never saw him in POTO or Side Show, but at Stars in the Alley -- damn the set of pipes on him!
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Broadway Matt
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/17/03
#8re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 1:31pm
He made a fine Anthony at the Kennedy Center Celebration's Sweeney production in 2002. What a fantastic cast that was too, between Hugh's Anthony, Brian Stokes Mitchell's Sweeney, Baranski's Lovett, Mark Price's Tobias, and of course the wonderful Celia Keenan Bolger as Johanna and Walter Charles as Judge Turpin!
Vocally, Hugh was more than up for the role. The sideburns were maybe a bit ridiculous, but that's hardly his decision.
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#9re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 1:33pmCJR - do you know that from first hand experience?
#10re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 1:35pmNext to crawford he was the best Phantom (I have seen 4 differnt ones) and The Sweeney Todd cast was incredible. He needs to either star in a revival or do a new show cuz he needs a Tony.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#11re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 1:36pm
What? that he has a nice ass? Haha Im just making a statement from watching him walk away.
Now ooooother broadway people..... well I know from personal experience that they have GREAT asses
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#12re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 1:38pmNice!
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#13re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 2:02pmOooooooh yeah!
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#14re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 2:03pmHe is a fantastic looking man, although I was sorry to hear that he was or had been married. LOL, how sad!
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#15re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 2:06pmHe was married, now since divorced
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Tom1071
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/04
#17re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 2:54pmNo, didn't see Broadway Damage
#18re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 2:56pmBroadway Damage is pretty boring and I thought he liked boys? hummmm
#19re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 2:58pmJust because he was married doesn't mean he doesn't like boys.
#20re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 2:59pm
I love Hugh! He was the first Phantom I've ever seen live (not counting Michael Crawford on the OBCR and Gerard Butler on the movie). And he was AMAZING! He had such a powerful, passionate voice and made me cry during the finale. And of course, he is pretty hot
#21re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 3:00pmThe other long running Phantom was married and then came out.
#22re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 3:01pm
Well, I know that of course baddadnpa. :) Yeah, talented and quite yummy.
P.S. Love Danny Gerwin!
#23re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 3:02pmI love Danny too. Saw LW, but he wears so many clothes in that one. LOL
#24re: Hugh Panaro
Posted: 3/17/05 at 3:03pmSaw him as MYB in Ragtime. He wore too many clothes in that one too....but not at the closing party! :)
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